Director of Veterinary Technology
OFFICE: C-252
PHONE: 718-482-5470

BIOGRAPHY: According to Dr. Reid, "There is nothing else I have ever wanted to do." She has had a love, respect and passion for animals since her early childhood, "Growing up in the southwest corner of Tennessee, I of course rescued every animal from the hills of the Ozarks to the Appalachian Mountains. I also spent summers at ranch camps and spent most of my time in the mountains with my family, dog, cats and horses."

Beginning at age 12 and lasting through veterinary school, Dr. Reid worked as a veterinary assistant at a range of practices, which included equine, small animal, mixed animal and emergency after hours. "As a veterinary assistant in high school," she says, "one of the first surgeries I participated in was an abdominal exploratory on a dog that ate a Timex watch. After removal, it was still ticking, which followed along with the company’s advertising motto at the time, ‘Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.’"

A native of Germantown, Tennessee, Dr. Reid initially attended the University of Evansville, but then graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science with a minor in Chemistry in 1998.

After two years working as an agriculture extension agent for the University of Tennessee, she entered the University of Wisconsin at Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. During veterinary school, Dr. Reid was honored with the WEZAM Excellence in Outside Activities Award, an Advanced Opportunity Scholarship, and a University of Wisconsin Summer Externship Scholarship. In 2004, she graduated with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Reid also has a PhD. in Biomedical Technology, is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and has worked at the Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, Germany, as well as the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She is also a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the New York State and New York City Veterinary Medical Associations.

Dr. Reid and her significant other, Michael Love, a Design/Builder by trade but actor at heart, have a Lab mix named Annabelle, two cats named Alex and Luke, and a Tennessee Walking Horse named Chances. Her hobbies include competitive women's artistic gymnastics, volunteering with Junior League and Chi Omega Alumni, and writing children's books.

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OFFICE: C-252
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BIOGRAPHY: Theresa Cunningham-Faughnan MS, LVT, RLATG is the Director of the Center for Laboratory Animal Services at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan.  Theresa graduated the Veterinary Technology program at LaGuardia Community College  in 1987 and has worked in the laboratory animal research field since graduation.  She worked as a licensed veterinary technician at Memorial Sloan Kettering in the cancer research department, laboratory animal research supervisor at the NY Blood Center, facility manager and currently facility director (since 2003) at the Hospital for Special Surgery.  She has been an adjunct instructor at LaGuardia Community College since 1997 teaching the Research Animal Technology seminar, Research Animal Technology course and Introduction to Veterinary Technology.

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OFFICE: C-252
PHONE: 718-482-5470
 

BIOGRAPHY: He was born and raised in Flushing. He graduated Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry.  He previously worked in business and public health before working full time in the
animal welfare field as a humane law enforcement agent and as an operations director in city animal shelter system. Mr. Pastore has worked for Animal Care and Control of NYC for 17 years.  He is currently the full time Assistant Director of operations with the Animal Care and Control of NYC.
 He is married with three children, one dog, one cat, one gerbil. 

PHONE: 718-482-5470
BIOGRAPHY: He is a graduate of the University of Florida's College of Veterinary
Medicine. He completed an internal medicine and surgery internship at
Florida Veterinary Specialists in Tampa and a residency in Avian and Exotic
Pet Medicine and Surgery at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. He
is a diplomat of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners certified
in Avian Practice. Dr. Pilny has lectured nationally about exotic pet
medicine and has published numerous articles and book chapters on birds and
other exotic species. He also serves as an adjunct professor at LaGuardia
Community College where he teaches avian and exotic pet medicine to
prospective veterinary technicians. Dr Pilny is a member of the Assn of
Avian Veterinarians, Assn of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians, Assn of Reptile
and Amphibian Veterinarians, and The American Veterinary Medical Assn. Dr.
Pilny also has the prestigious honor of being the National Medical Director
of the House Rabbit Society. He shares his home with fifteen pet birds, a
cat, and a snake.
 

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